Craegmoor training boost

Craegmoor Healthcare has been awarded satellite centre status by the British Institute of Learning Disabilities (BILD). The award will allow Craegmoor to offer all...

Agecare closure

Community Care Market News (News) February 2004Agecare, the charitable society, is to close its Lea Hurst residential care home in Matlock, Derbyshire on 1...

Local authority settlement for 2004/05

Community Care Market News (News) February 2004As CCMN went to press last month the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (ODPM) announced the allocation...

Edinburgh develops capacity

Edinburgh Council is adding to its in-house bed provision by developing four new care homes in an effort to cut its delayed discharge figures.The...

Longevity boosts population figures

Community Care Market News (News) February 2004The UK population is projected to increase from an estimated 59.2 million in 2002 to reach 64.8 million...

Home closure procedures

Community Care Market News (News) February 2004The Personal Social Services Research Unit (PSSRU) at the University of Kent has produced a new study showing...

Guardian makes major investment

Guardian Care Homes UK Ltd has purchased 29-bedded care home, Belmont House, in Stranraer. Guardian will spend £300,000 extending and refurbishing the site in...

Long term care costs escalate

Community Care Market News (News) February 2004There is a great deal of uncertainty about future public spending on long term care for older people,...

Supporting People funding cuts

Community Care Market News (News) February 2004Fears that supported care funding could be put at risk are growing after it emerged that some local...

Camden social services director

Heather Schroeder has been appointed as Camden's interim director of social services. She is currently area director with Surrey County Council and joins Camden...